altezza

Italian

Etymology

InheritedfromLate Latinaltitia,fromLatinaltus(“high”).ComparePortugueseandSpanishalteza,Catalanaltesa.Bysurface analysis,alto(“high”)+‎-ezza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/alˈtet.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes:-ettsa
• Hyphenation:al‧téz‧za

Noun

altezzaf(pluralaltezze)

1. height,altitude,tallness

   Synonym:altitudine

2. top,peak,summit

   Synonyms:sommità,cima

   • 1300s–1310s,Dante Alighieri,“Canto I”,inInferno[Hell]‎^[1],lines52–54;republished asGiorgio Petrocchi,editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata[The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2],2^ndrevised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:

     […]questa mi porse tanto digravezza¶ con la paura ch’usciadi suavista,¶ ch’io perdei la speranza de l’altezza.

     She brought upon me so much heaviness, with the affright that from her aspect came, that I the hope relinquished of theheight.

3. height,stature

   Synonym:statura

4. (monarchy)Highness

   suaaltezzareale―his/her royal highness

5. (weaving)width

Descendants

• →French:altesse

Further reading

• altezzain Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lombard

Alternative forms

• altèzza(Classical Milanese Orthography)
• alteza(Scriver Lombard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/alˈtɛsa/(Milanese)

Noun

altezzaf

1. height